How long have hand fetishes been in existence?
How long have hand fetishes been in existence?
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Hand fetishes have been around for hundreds—if not thousands—of years. From early art featuring hands to recent scientific studies, it's clear that people have been intrigued by the unique texture, shape and color of hands for a long time.
The oldest known image of a hand fetish dates back to 18,000 years ago, and can be found in the Hall of Bulls in the Lascaux Caves in France. The painting depicts a man with his left hand prominently featured, leading some scholars to suggest that it's a representation of an early hand fetish. There's also evidence that hand fetishes were around during the Greco-Roman period. In The Golden Ass, author Apuleius describes a man who has a “curious fascination” for a female hand and says that it’s an “insatiable craving to behold it.”
However, it wasn’t until the 19th century that the study of hand fetishes really began to emerge in earnest. In 1837, psychoanalyst Gustav von Krafft-Ebing published a paper on “misogyny in psychiatry” in which he noted a “lust for female hands.” He went on to link such extreme “erotomania” with “a general perversion of the sexual instinct.” In the following decades, hand fetishes began to be included in a number of reports about “erotic perversions.”
Still, it wasn’t until Sigmund Freud’s groundbreaking 1899 work, The Interpretation of Dreams, that the psychological aspect of hand fetishes was seriously studied. Freud linked the hand fetish to the anal stage of psychosexual development, and wrote that it was essentially an impulse to have intimate physical contact with a hand.
Today, our understanding of hand fetishes has come a long way. Thanks to modern scientific research, we know that hand fetishes are relatively common and can range from admiration and appreciation of another person’s hands to extreme sexual arousal. We also now know that they don’t necessarily indicate a mental disorder—but many people are still reluctant to talk openly about their hand fetish because of the stigma attached to it.
So, while hand fetishes may be “unconventional,” it’s evident that they’ve been around for centuries and that humans have been fascinated by them for as long.How does one handle difficult clients?Handling difficult clients doesn’t have to be a daunting task. While it can be challenging to deal with customers who challenge, disagree, or make unreasonable demands, there are steps that you can take to ensure that these types of conversations go as smoothly as possible.
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